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PREMIER
ISSUE
VOL 1 NO 1
CHAPTER at the UlCEVE__37T?r OF HOUSTON
UH chapter of NO W meets,
passes program resolution
DOREY ALBERT
VUH Student News Service
A unanimous resolution was
passed during the Monday
meeting of the UH chapter of the
National Organization for Women
to develop programs addressing
the concerns of UH students.
Of particular concern to UH
NOW is security on campus.
Nancy George, tentative Public
Affairs officer for NOW, said,
"our ability to obtain an
education is being hampered by
the lack of campus security during
the evening hours. Women are
just afraid to go to the library
alone at night," she said.
Another concern of UH NOW
is a "gender-free world," said Jo
Ann Evansgardner, local
organizer of UH NOW and past
national board member of NOW.
"Individuals should be judged by
their qualities and not by their
sex,"she said
Evansgardner moved to
Houston over a year ago from
Pittsburgh, PA where she served
as local president of a NOW
Pittsburgh Chapter.
"It's been easier to organize
here than it was to organize a
chapter in Pittsburgh because UH%
students seem to be more aware of
current issues/' said Evan-
sgardm*
All the national requirements
for a NOW charter have been met
and it's just a, matter of weeks
before the student organization
has a national charter, said
Evansgardner.
Evansgardner's husband, Dr.
Gerry Gardner, a UH Professor
of Electrical Engineering, is the
UH NOW chapter advisor. He has
served as president for a Pittsburgh NOW Chapter and has
also held national office as
treasurer.
Evansgardner said she "married
a feminist." "There are many
men interested in becoming
members of NOW," she said.
Jeff Basen, a graduate student
in Psychology, said he joined
NOW because he "wanted to
belong to an organization that
works against discrimination."
Sharon Leber, Acting
Spokeswoman for UH NOW, was
attracted to NOW because of the
"new conservative swing in
government," she said.
Leber said she is primarily
interested in fighting the current
20 bills before the state legislature
which prohibit or restrict a
woman's access to reproductive
freedom.
NOW's next business meeting
will be April 20 in the UC.
Information regarding any of
NOW's special programs can be
found posted on bulletin boards
and in The Daily Cougar's etc.
column.
Next Chapter Meetings; COME JOIN US AT OUR CHAPTER MEETINGS.
MUCH ACTIVITY NOW WITH RENEWED EFFORTS
Monday, June 15, 7:30 pm F0R ERA AND THE CONTINUING BATTLE FOR
Tejas Room PRO-CHOICE IN REPRODUCTION RIGHTS.
University Center
Tuesday, July 7, 7:30 pm
Tejas Room
University Center
************* TEXAS STATE NOW CONVENTION *****************
June 26 - 28 the state convention will be held in Dallas,
Texas at the Hilton LBJ. State convention workshops will
include: ERA (v/ith an address from the Oklahoma State
NOW Coordinator); Lesbian rights, history of the women1s
movement; reproductive rights; women and religion; how the
Texas legislature works; Consciousness-raising; Title IX;
feminist rituals; nuts and bolts of communicating; examining prejudice; homemakers; womenfs health.
For more information call Jo Am: Evansgardner 741-4009